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Ranking NFL teams by age after 53-man cutdowns: 2017 edition

As of roughly 9:15 p.m. on cut-down day, when we finished collecting data from all 32 NFL team website rosters, the Cleveland Browns had the youngest team in the NFL. Previously, the St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams held that title for five straight seasons, from 2012 to 2016. The Arizona Cardinals have the oldest roster in the NFL.

By the time you read this, this data will already out of date as teams continue to make tweaks to their rosters, although even with continued roster movement, the average ages of each team shouldn’t change much. Here are the results, with a recent historic look at the average ages of each team on 53-man cut down day:

Team

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Browns

24.24 (1)

25.08 (2)

26.06 (16)

25.69 (9)

25.25 (2)

Rams

25.09 (2)

25 (1)

24.94 (1)

25.09 (1)

24.98 (1)

Bengals

25.48 (3)

26.3 (23)

26.28 (20)

25.91 (14)

25.91 (12)

Texans

25.53 (4)

26.17 (19)

25.81 (5)

25.98 (16)

26.22 (20)

Colts

25.6 (5)

26.52 (29)

27.17 (32)

26.66 (29)

26.55 (24)

Jets

25.62 (6)

26.23 (21)

26.6 (27)

25.85 (13)

25.6 (7)

Jaguars

25.64 (7)

25.43 (4)

25.25 (2)

25.2 (2)

25.41 (5)

Chargers

25.7 (8)

25.73 (9)

26.32 (21)

26.64 (28)

26.28 (21)

Giants

25.7 (9)

26.02 (14)

26.53 (25)

26.75 (31)

26.66 (27)

49ers

25.72 (10)

26.08 (16)

25.83 (8)

26.36 (22)

26.56 (25)

Packers

25.72 (11)

25.36 (3)

25.49 (3)

25.62 (6)

25.42 (6)

Lions

25.75 (12)

26.09 (18)

26.53 (24)

26.34 (21)

27.15 (32)

Seahawks

25.83 (13)

25.6 (7)

25.92 (12)

25.65 (7)

25.31 (4)

Chiefs

25.91 (14)

25.54 (6)

25.83 (6)

25.34 (3)

25.68 (8)

Redskins

25.94 (15)

26.36 (25)

26.15 (17)

26.44 (24)

26.84 (31)

Broncos

25.96 (16)

25.47 (5)

26.19 (18)

25.81 (12)

26.75 (28)

Cowboys

26.06 (17)

26 (12)

26.02 (14)

25.44 (4)

26 (15)

Steelers

26.06 (18)

26.34 (24)

26.57 (26)

26.26 (18)

26.45 (23)

Raiders

26.08 (19)

26.02 (13)

26.45 (23)

27 (32)

26.11 (17)

Vikings

26.09 (20)

26.58 (31)

25.83 (7)

25.58 (5)

25.96 (13)

Buccaneers

26.15 (21)

25.7 (8)

25.91 (11)

25.66 (8)

25.98 (14)

Bears

26.26 (22)

25.85 (10)

26.21 (19)

26.72 (30)

26.77 (29)

Eagles

26.36 (23)

26.49 (28)

26.69 (28)

26.26 (19)

25.74 (10)

Falcons

26.4 (24)

27.08 (32)

26.77 (30)

26.57 (25)

26.08 (16)

Ravens

26.42 (25)

26.43 (27)

26.04 (15)

26.04 (17)

26.16 (18)

Patriots

26.45 (26)

26.07 (15)

25.95 (13)

25.76 (11)

25.88 (11)

Titans

26.49 (27)

25.87 (11)

25.83 (9)

26.39 (23)

26.19 (19)

Saints

26.51 (28)

26.4 (26)

26.7 (29)

26.32 (20)

26.32 (22)

Dolphins

26.6 (29)

26.19 (20)

25.62 (4)

25.92 (15)

25.7 (9)

Bills

26.74 (30)

26.3 (22)

25.87 (10)

25.72 (10)

25.3 (3)

Panthers

26.75 (31)

26.53 (30)

26.89 (31)

26.57 (26)

26.57 (26)

Cardinals

27.28 (32)

26.09 (17)

26.35 (22)

26.6 (27)

26.79 (30)

Note: Every year I do this study, I seem to get the same basic comment, which I'll address ahead of time.

"The difference between the Browns and Cardinals is only 3.04 years. So what?"

While 3.04 years may not be a monumental difference between two individual players, keep in mind that these are the average ages of 53 players per team.

3.04 years on average * 53 players = A difference of about 161.1 total years between the Browns and Cardinals.

In other words, if you took the 16 oldest Cardinals and shaved 10 years off each of their ages, their roster still wouldn't be as young as the Browns.